Sunil Chandiramani
President
Sunil moved to Gibraltar with his parents when he was 18 months old. He completed his A levels in Gibraltar to head on to Cardiff University.
Sunil is an LLB (Hons) Graduate from Cardiff University. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in October 2013 and subsequently Called to the Bar in Gibraltar in January 2014.
He started as a co-opted member of HCG between 2006 and 2009. and was subsequently elected as Vice President from 2016 to 2020, a recognition of his hard work and service to the community. He was elected as President in 2021 AGM.
Mahesh Dhanwani
Vice President
Mahesh has been part of HCG for a very long time and has recently been elected as the Vice President of the Community in 2021 AGM.
Neil Samtani
Secretary
Neil moved to Gibraltar with his parents from the USA when he was just under 2 years old.
He finished his Computer Science at University of Bath and later his Masters in Management in University of Cardiff. Since then he's lived in London, Gibraltar, and US for a brief period before moving back to Gibraltar permanently.
Niel worked in the banking industry for over 15 years and continues to work as Head Of Data Management at Jyske Bank.
He has joined the committee for the first time in 2019 after the AGM elections.
Kevin Sookhee
Treasurer
Vijay Gopwani
Committee Member
Vijay was born in Baroda, India and moved to Gibraltar with his parents when he was as young as 2 years old. He's been working for the past 29 years from the time he finished his education.
He has worked as a committee member of the Hindu Community of Gibraltar over the last 10 years and continues to help support the community till date.
Parissa Khiani
Committee Member
Parissa was part of the HCG team in the past. Took a break for a couple of years before coming back to be part of the team in 2021. She looks forward to hosting several exciting events for the community.
Priyana Budhrani
Committee Member
Priyana was born and raised in the Caribbean, and studied at Babson College in Massachusetts.
She then went on to study gemology at GIA in London.
She moved to Gibraltar in the year 2008 and has lived here for almost 11 years.
Priyana has been a committee member and part of the community for quite a few years.
Jai Mirpuri
Committee Member
Jai was born in Calcutta, India in 1983 but moved to Gibraltar by 1985.
Brought up in a traditional Sindhi (Hindu) cultured household & being integrated with the local environment at a young age allowed a fortunate upbringing of multi-cultural acceptance, understanding and values.
Ended studies locally at age 18 at the Gibraltar College of Further in Education in business practice & administration.
Started on a 2 week internship at a local freight forwarder and never looked back since. Today owning the company interned at 18 years ago (aged 18).
In March 2016 during a HCG AGM, persuaded by the shortage of volunteers, decided to jump the fence and join the HCG as a committee member in order to help our friends support the local Hindu community.
Valli Fragoso
Committee Member
Valli joined as a committee member to Hindu Community of Gibraltar recently in 2019 for the first time.
She comes from Hyderabad, India and has lived in Gibraltar for the last 12 years. She has worked with several NGOs in India to help rehabilitate and educate street children while studying for her bachelors between 1995 and 1998.
Valli completed Masters in International Business and Information Technology and runs her own software development and gaming company.